Washing-machine.



W. A. E. HENRICI.

WASH'ING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1m18.190s.

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WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18. 190s.

Patented June 20, 1916.

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W. A. E. HENRICI.

WASHING MACHINE..

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.18.1908.

Patented June 20, 1916.

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WASHING MACHINE.

W. A. E. HENHICI.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPL |c AT|oN FILED 1AN.18,1908.

Patented Jun 20, 1916.

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WILLIAM Ai. E. HENRCI, QF BOSTON, MSSACHUSETTS, ASSXGNOR, BY MESNFI ASSTLGN- MENTS, T0 WILL'JEAM l?. EVERTS, OF IBOSTN, MASSACHUSETTS.

WASHING-Macallan.

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Application tiled January it, 1908.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, WILLIAM A. E; HEM nier, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Washing-Machines, of which the following description, in connection with he accompanying drawing, is a specificati n,

like letters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to power washing machines of that type having a clothes drum rotatable within an outer casing.

The general object of my invention is to provide a drum for a washing machine which is light in weight but which is extremely rigid and capable of withstanding the strain incident to reversing the drum, and which is provided with a coating of fused porcelain or glass enamel and is thus rendered absolutely non-corrodible. To secure the desired lightness l make the drum heads, end plates,

ducing'jthe Water 'to the casing; to provide a novel means for introducing the steam to the water so as to evenly heat the water at all parts of the casing; and to provide a novel form of casing, all as will be more fully hereinafter described and'pointed out in the claims.

'Referring now to the drawings wherein El have shown an embodiment of my invention which has been chosen to illustrate the principle thereof, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a washing machine em bodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a' section on substantially the line mm, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section through a Specilcation of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2lb, 1F16.

Serial No. 411,469.

lifting' bar and its tie-bar; Fig. 1 is a section on theine 6*(2, Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a sectional detail on the line f-f, Fig. 2, showing the manner of connecting the radial partition to 'the transverse partition; Fig. 6 is an en. larged section on the line gg, Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is an end view of the washing machine; Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a lifting bar and a modified form of tie-bar; Fig. 9 is a partial view of one of the spiders or end plates for the drum; Fig. 10 isa partial View of the spacing ring used in connection with the transverse partitions of the drum; Figi` 11 is a fragmentary view showing a portion of. the disks 26 and the spacing ring between them, the section through the spacing ring being taken on substantially the line y-y, Fig. 10; Fig. 12 is a side view of a portion of the spacing ring; Fig. 13 shows in plan view the lock for the door of the clothes drum; Fig. 145 is a side view of Fig. 13 with the handle shown kin section; Fig. 15 is an enlarged section through the discharge valve on substantially the line aff-0 Fig. 1; Fig. 16 is a section on the line'm-m, Flg. 15; Fig. 17 isa fragmentary view showing the manner of introducing steam into the casing; Fig. 18 is a section on the line c-c, Fig. 17 Fig. 19 is a section on the line n n, Fig. 17 Fig. 20 is a section on the line Zw-t, Fig. 7 g Fig. 21 is a detail showing the manner of securing the tie-bars to the heads.

.as stated above the washing machine is of that type comprising a casing 'within which is a rotatably mounted the clothes drum. The casing of my improved washing machine is of novel construction and cornprises the two heads f3 and i and a metallic tie-rods 8, 9 and 10. I@ne edge of the shell 7 is secured to the tie-rod 9, and the other edge of the shell is secured to the tie-rod 10. The tie-rod 10 is shown as extending into slots 11 formed in bosses 12 on the heads 3 and 4, and the shell is tightened about the anges and maintained tight by means of ica ' adjusting screws 13 which are screw-threaded into the bosses and engage the tie-rod 10. The space between the tie-rods 9 and 10 constitutes the door opening for the casing and this is adapted to be closed by a suitable door 14 which in this embodiment of my invention may be slid back under the-casing in suitable grooves when it is desired to open the door to afford access to theinterior of the drum.

The tie-rods are preferably made independently removable and this may conveniently be done by making each tie-rod of a length to be received between the heads and securing the tie-rods to the heads by screws or bolts 99 which are inserted through apertures in the heads from the outside thereof and which are screw-threaded into the ends has fast thereon two spiders or heads 18, 19,

which are connected by tie-bars 20. These tie-bars may be of the vcross-sectional shape shown in Fig. 3, or may be channel-shaped,

as shown at`20a in Fig. 8. The heads 18, 19, j are made of sheet metal and are preferably pressed or stamped into shape. Being made of sheet metal they are comparatively light butthey are'made sufficiently rigid to withstand any strain to wh-ich they may be put by providing them with the annular peripheral flanges 141, and by further providing them with the apertures 142 each of which is bordered by aperipheral' flange 143. Said heads are also provided with apertures 144 Fig. 9 adjacent to the flanges 141 to receive the ends of the tie-bars, said tie-'bars being bolted to the flanges by bolts 145. Each head is sustained upon a hub 146, which in turn is fast to the shaft 15. The heads are comparatively light because of the fact that they are made of sheet metal, but'by reason of .the particular construction herein described they are of sufficient strength to hold the drum rigidly in shape. I propose to stamp or press each head into the desired shape by means of suitable dies.

Secured to the tie-bars see Fig. 3 are lifting bars 21 which are preferably made of sheet metal pressed into the desired shape. Each lifting bar is formed with the two inturned flanges 22 which set under the corresponding tie-bar 20. and are secured thereto by clamping bolts 24 which extend through the lifting bar and are screwthreaded into,

clampin strips 23 which extend longitudinally of the lifting bars and which lie against the inner sides of the flanges 22. Each strip has a plurality of bolts 24 screwthreaded into it.

25 designate perforated plates which are secured at their edges to the tie-bars and which form the sides of the Iclothes drum. The edges of these perforated plates are shown as interposed between the tie-bars 2() and the inturned flanges 22 ofthe lifting bars, by means of which construction the clamping bolts 24 and clamping strips 23 operate to secure both the lifting bars and the perforated plates in place.v

It will be noted that the lifting bars are hollow and to prevent water and impurities from accumulating in said lifting bars, I

have provided a construction wherein the water is forced through the lifting bars while the machine is in operation, thus keeping them entirely clean. For this purpose I propose to provide the lifting bars with slots or perforations 100 and to form the tiebars with other slots or perforations 101 or 101". These perforations permit the water to circulate freely through the lifting bars as the machine is operated, thereby keeping them clean. This construction is clearly shown. in Fig. 8, and I propose to employ it both with the form of tie-bar shown in Fig. 8 and with that shown in Figs. 3 and 4. By this form of construction the lifting bars and tie bars actually become water-agitating members. I have found that the agitating of the water adjacent the walls of the drum as the drum rotates, increases the flow of the water through the apertures in the shell plates of the drum with the result that the cleansing )ower of the water is materially increase and the process of cleansing expedited, as compared with constructions wherein the outer wall of the drum is substantially smooth and without water-agitat ing means. This result I attribute to the fact that in the latter case the zone of the water immediately adjacent the outer wall of the drum being substantially undisturbed by the rotation of the drum, renders little aid, ifany, to the actual cleansing process. although it is a part of the body of water as a whole which acts in a general way to elfect the cleansing.

I have herein shown the clothes drum as provided with partitions which extend transversely to the axis of the drum. Such partitions as herein shown are each composed of two disks or plates A2G placed back to hack and held in position by the coperation of the lifting bars 21 and the spacing rings 27. These spacing rings are circular in shape and are of the general construction shown in Figs. 10, 11 and 12. They are situated just within the tie-bars 20 and are secured to the tie-bars by suitable bolts 28. Fig: 1 'shows thecross sectional shape of the spacing rings i on the line d, Fig. 10, and 11 shows the crossI sectional shape on the line y-y. Each spacing ring is provided with the web 29 and the laterally-extending arms or flanges 30, Fig. 10, against which the peripheries of the disks or plates 26 rest. Any number of such partitions may be used, and in Fig. 1 I have shown two such partitions. The plates 26 form the ends of the clothes-receiving compartments and may conveniently be called end plates. E

l The lifting bars 21 are of a length to be received between the plates 26 forming the ends of each compartment, and said lifting bars together with the spacingringsserve to hold the disks 26 in their proper position. There is also a disk 26, similar to those constituting the partition, at each endv of the drum adjacent each head 18 and 19, and

these end plates 26 are held in positi n against the lifting bars by means of thri st screws 300 carried by the heads. Each end plate 26 is curved inwardly as at 150 in a circle situated just Awithin the tie-bars 21, thereby to form an annular deflecting sur-I face which tends to deflect the clothes inwardly away from the corner between the periphery of the end plate and the perforated plates. This is an important feature because where the end plates are straight faced there is danger-that the clothes will get caught between the ends of the perforated plates and the said end plates. With my improved construction, however, the deflecting surface 150 tends to throw the clothes away from the corner and prevent their getting injured by being caught between 'the perforated plate and the end plate. Each end plate is. also providedwith a plurality of annular ribs or corrugations 31.

rIhe end plates are made of sheet metal and A can be readily stamped or pressed into shape by suitable dies, and the construction above described makes them exceedingly rigid, although comparatively light. In addition to these partitions which extend transversely of the drum, I propose to further divide the drum by arranging partitions 32 longitudinally of the drum, Fig. 2, and in the preferred embodiment of my invention, each or as many as desired of the compartments formed by the transverse partitions will have longitudinally arranged partitions 32 'i'.herein, although for convenience l have divide the drum diametrically so that. each space between adjacent transverse partitions is divided into two compartments, but this 15 to the periphery of the drum. rlllhe outerl edge of each partition is held in a slot formed in a retaining member 34 which is secured to one of the tie-bars 20, said retaining member being made of sheet metal and having a shape somewhat similar to that of the lifting bars and being secured to the tiebars in the same manner as the lifting bars are by providing the retaining member with the inturned flanges 35 which rest against the tie bars and which are secured thereto by clamping screws 36 that screw into clamping strips 37. The inner edge of each partition 82 is shown as curved at 33 to fit the shaft 15 and the extreme inner edge is preferably soldered or brazed to the adjacent partition, as at 102. The side edges of the partition are brazed or soldered to the disks or plates 26, and where said plates or disks are provided with the conrugations 31, said corrugations are slotted to receive the side edges of the partitions 32, as shown in Fig. 5. The ribs 31 thusserve to strengthen the partitions and hold them in place. Said partitions 32,v however, can be secured in position by other means without departing from the invention.

I propose to make the drum with a door leading to each compartment formed by the radial partitions. In Fig. 2, for instance,

the drum is provided with one door opening A into the compartment above the diametrically-arranged partitions 32, and another door opening into the compartment below said partitions. These doors are designated by 40, and each is made of perforated sheet metal pressed into shape, and is hinged to a tie-bar 20, as at 41, and is adapted to be locked to an adjacent tie-bar 20 by a suitable locking device 42. Each door preferably has secured thereto a lifting bar 21. Any suitable locking means can be employed for locking the door shut. That herein shown, Figs. 2, 13, 14 comprises the pivoted locking latch 42 provided with a nose 43 which is adapted to enter a locking notch 44 formed in the tie-bar 20. The locking latch is provided with means for yieldingly holding it in either of its two adjusted positions, such yielding means being herein shown as a spring 45 which engages a ball 46 that is adapted to enter either one of two recesses 47 formed in the locking latch 42.

The handles of the locking latches 42 are preferably so formed as to adapt them to support a laundry check, and for this purpose each latch has a sight opening 103 therein and is provided with a recess immediately back of said sight opening of asize comparatively small compartments may be .formed in each of which the washing of one family or group of persons can b e placed and washedl separately. By placing the laundry checks or other identifying means in the spring clips of the handles for the various compartments, it is possible to identify the washing in any compartment without the necessity of opening the compartment to examine the clothing therein.

The forming of the compartments by .the longitudinal partitions is of a decided ad-- vantage because the washing which is in the compartment at the upper side of `the drum is in a. position to be readily removed from the drum without the necessity of lifting'it as has to be done where there are no such longitudiiial partitions. Moreover the weight' is more evenly distributed in the drum and the drum is subjected to less strain than is the case Where all the clothes in the drum are in a single compartment. Still another advantage of this construction is that it is possible to run the shaft clear through the drum from end to end thereof by which construction the drum is materially stifl'ened and strengthened.

In themanufacture of the machines it is not practical to have the lifting bars 21 that are apt to get caught in such space, and to tioned that when the covers are' closed, the

lifting bars 21 carried thereby fit into the U-shaped portion of the rib, as plainly seen lin Fig. 2. These ribs serve to prevent any clothes from being caught between the ends of the lifting bars and the plates 26, as will be evident from'an inspection of Figs. 2 and 6. The lates 26 are also provided with otherrib 7 6 which can conveniently be made by ending or corrugating said plates while they are being stamped out. These ribs 76 are located between the lifting bars as plainly seen in Fig. 2, and each is situated directly underneath one of the perforated plates 25. The purpose of these ribs 76 is to prevent `the clothes in the compart-l ment from getting caught between the ends of the perforated plates and the disks 26.

The casing is formed with a conduit 48 extending the length thereof at one side below the horizontal diameter of the casing. This conduit communicates with the casing through two rows of apertures 49 and 50,

Fig. 20, the apertures 50 being smaller than the apertures 49 and being preferably situated below the latter. One end of the conduit communicates with an inlet channel 51 formed in the head 3, and tWo pipes 52 and 53, Fig. 7 one for hot water and one for cold water, lead into said channel, said pipes being controlled by suitable valves, not shown. The water is thus introduced to the casing through the conduit 48 and through the apertures 49 and 50. At the other endof the casing and carried by the head 4 is a receptacle 54, shown in dotted lines Fig. 7, which is adapted to contain bluing, soap, or

`other materials used in the Washing operato the conduit 48 and will be discharged evenly into the casing throughthe apertures 49, 50, the delivery of such materials being vdistributed evenly throughout the length of the casing. The apertures 50 are preferably smaller than the apertures 49 and since the conduit is.on the lower half of the casing, the rotation of the drum will lift the water within the casing sufliciently so that some of the water will pass through the apertures 49 into the conduit 48, such water draining out of the conduit through the smaller apertures 50. So long as the ma-v chine is in operation, therefore, there will be more or -less water in the conduit 48 and whenever the washing material is placed in the receptacle 54 it will flow into the conduit and become mixed with the water therein, and will thus be readily delivered to all the compartments of the casing. This constructionis of particularadvantage where the drum is provided'with a plurality of com. partmnts for by means of it the soap, blu- 'ing and other material can be readily distributed to the diiierent compartments uniformly.

The shell 7, Fig. 15, is provided with a discharge port 56 which is adapted to be closed by a valve 5?. This valve is hinged? at 58 to a valve-seat member 59 which, in

turn, is secured to the shell 7 and surrounds yit lili

lEach arm 63 is provided with a slot 106 through which passes the pivotal pin'107 that pivotally connects the two arms 62, 63. Each arm 62 is provided with a recess Within which is situated a spring 65, said spring acting against the head of a plunger 64h which in turn bears'against the end of the arm G3. rlhis construction constitutes a yielding toggle-lever connection, and the slot 106 is so disposed that when the togglelevers are straightened,`the springs 65 are compressed slightly. Said springs, therefore, are depended on for holding the valve firmly to its seat,

By rocking the shaft 60 by means of the foot lever 66, the toggle-levers are broken., thus allowing the valve to swing avvay fromt its seat.. 'llhe arms 62 are provided With stop shoulders 68 which co-act with correspond1 ing stop shoulders on the bearing 61 to limit the swinging movement of the roclrshaft. lhe construction is such that when the valve is closed, the toggle-levers are carried just sufficiently by the central position so that they are loclred in this position and the valve will not, therefore, be opened by pressure and can only be opened by swinging of the roch-shaft 60.

For heating the water in the casing, ll propose to introduce steam'thereinto and this is preferably done in such a Way that the entering steam Will cause a more or less violent agitation and circulation of the water thus assisting'materially in obtaining a uniform temperature therein. its herein shown, Figs. 17, 18, the steam is fed tothe casing through a steam pipe 70 which is provided with the oppositely-disposed nozzles 71.. rlhese nozzles are situated in a conduit or gutter Z2 which is secured to the out# side of the casing and which extends longitudinally thereof. Each endof the gutter is formed with an enlarged chamber or hood 73, Figs. 18, 19, and each of said hoods com municates with the casing through an .inlet aperture 741.l 'l`he casing is also provided with a circulating aperture which communicates with the gutter "Z2 at its central portion., llhen the steam. is admitted it Will be discharged from the two nozzles 71 and will pass in opposite directions in the gutter 72 and will enter the casing through the ports 74. rll`he force with which the steam is discharged' from the nozzles 71 will cause `more or less suction in the gutters and Water v.vill be draivn thereinto through -the circulating aperture 75, and such Water will vhe carried along with the steam and will be forced into the casing again through the inlet` apertures latov rl`here will thus be set up a double .circulation of` Water, the Waterl being drawn into the aperture 75 and being forced in opposite directions through the gutter and "back into the casing again the Wa-ter Will be uniformlyv and rapidly heated.

ll have placed the gutter 72 slightly above the lowest point of the drum, as best seen in Fig., 2, and the bottom of the hoods 73 are made slightly inclined and the inlet apertures 74e are of sufficient size so that when the Water is discharged from the casing the gutter 72 will be completely drained.

ln securing the shell 7 to the tie-rods, li propose to loop the edges of the shell around the tie-rods 9 and 10 and then to Weld the looped edges of the shell in place.. lThis construction when taken With the manner of securing the shell to the heads .avoids entirely the use of rivets. lit Will also be noted that the partitions are secured together by brazing or Welding, rather than by rivets.

rl`he various parts of the machine may conveniently be made of sheet metal pressed or stamped into shape, and in the preferred embodiment of my' invention, the sheet metal parts areA made non-corrodible either by providing them with a coating of fused porcelain or glass enamel, or by making them of some suitable non-corrodible material. 'When they are provided with a coating of fused porcelain they present a smooth glassy surface which will not injure the clothes aid which maires the parts absolutely non-corrodible 'and very easy to keep clean.

Having fvlly described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A washing machine comprising in com bination, a casing; a drum rotatable therein having its heads connected by tie bars; peru forated lifting bars secured to the tie bars; end plates for the drum interior to the heads lili having each a clothes deflecting surface, and

clamping means positioning said end plates relative to said heads and the lifting bars.

2. In a Washing machine, a casing for a clothes drum comprising heads each having an annular flange, tie rods connecting the heads.,- a sheet metal shell encircling the flanges and secured at its edges to the tie rods, and means to adjust one' of said tie rods thereby to tighten the shell about the danges.

3. ln a Washing machine, the combination with a casing, of a drum rotatably mounted. therein and provided with sheet metal end 'plates forming the ends of a clothes compartment, the drum having a door for the compartment, and a lifting bar secured to i ldd through the inlet apertures 7a. ln this Way heads, tie bars connecting the heads, lifting mit I bars secured to the tie bars, each lifting bar l having inturned flanges, clamping bolts eX- prising heads, tie-bars connecting the heads,

pairs of oppositely disposed enameled plates or disks forming transverse partitions, and spacing rings situated within the tie bars and between the pairs of. plates.

7.,A drum for a washing machine comprising heads, tie bars connecting the heads, pairs of oppositely disposed enameled plates or disksforming transverse partitions, spacing rings situated within the tie bars and between each pair of plates, and means interposed between adjacent pairs of plates to hold them in position against the spacing rings.

8. A washing machine comprising in combination, a casing; a drum rotatable therein; heads for said drum; tie bars provided with oblong perforations connecting the heads; end plates for the I drum having each a clothes deflecting surface; a plurality of longitudinally extended lifting bars with,

oblong perforations positioned intermediate the end plates, and overhanging end plate sections maintaining the end plates in clothes deflecting relation to the lifting bars.

9. A drum for a washing machine comprising heads, tie bars connecting' the heads, pairs of oppositely disposed enameled plates or disks forming transverse partitions,ja spacing ring between each pair of disks, the spacing rings situated within the tie bars and secured thereto, enameled lifting bars secured to the tie bars and situated between the plates of each pair andoperating to,

hold them firmly against the spacing rings, and perforated enameled shell plates secured to the tie bars, said plates or disks having ribs formedthereon which are situated between the lifting'bars immediately inside the perforated plates.

are located between the lifting bars and are situated beneath and closely adjacent the ends of the perforated shell plates.

11. A drum for a washing machine comprising cylinder heads, sheet metal end plates separate from said heads and forming the ends of a clothes-receiving compartment, tie bars connecting the cylinder heads, lifting vbars secured to the tie bars and extended between the end plates with the ends of the lifting bars abutting'l said plates, perforated shell plates between the lifting bars, the end plates curving toward each other in a zone entirely within the lifting bars to form at each end an annular defiecting surface to deflect the clothes away from the joints between the lifting bars, perforated shell plates and end plates.

12. A drum for a Washing machine comprising heads, end plates separate from the heads and forming the ends of a clothesreceiving compartment, lifting bars extending between the end plates, perforated shell plates between the lifting bars, said end plates curving toward each other in a zone entirely within the lifting bars t0 form on each end plate an annular deflectingsurlface to deflect the clothes away from the joints between the lifting bars, shell plates and end plates.

13. A drum for a washing machine comprising end plates forming between them a clothes-receiving compartment, lifting bars extended between the endI plates, perforated shell plates between the lifting bars, a door for the compartment made of sheet metal and provided with a coating of fused porcelain, and a lifting bar secured tothe inside of said door and movable therewith, the end plates having formed thereon a rib of a 'shape to fit and embrace the ends of the lifting bar secured to the door.

14. In a drum for a washing machine, the combination withapair of sheet metal heads, each having a continuous laterally-extended flange at its periphery and each providedwith a plurallty of apertures immediately inside of said flange, of tie-bars extended between the heads and having their ends extended through the apertures and overlying the inner faces of the peripheral flanges, means to secure the tie-bars to the flanges, lifting bars secured to the tie bars, and perforated shell plates situated between the tie bars.

15. In a washing machine, the combina tion with a casing, of a drum rotatable within the casing, said drum comprising heads, perforated tie bars connecting the heads, pairs of oppositely disposed plates forming partitions, a spacing ring situated between each pair of lates and secured to the tie bars, and per orated lifting bars secured to the tie bars and situated between the plates of each pair.

16. A drum for a washing machine comprising heads, sheet metal end plates sepaconnecting the drum heads, lifting bars se-y cured to the tie bars and extended between the end plates with the ends of the lifting bars abuttin the end plates, shell plates between the li ting bars provided with oblong perforations, the end plates curving toward each other in a zone entirely within the lifting bars to form at each end an annular deflecting surface to deflect the clothes away from the joints between the lifting bars, perforated shell plates and end plates.

17. A drum for a washingmachine comprising heads, tie bars connecting the same, pairs of oppositely disposed enameled plates 0r disks forming transverse partitions, an

enameled partition member extending longitudinally of the drum, and spacing rings situatedwithin the tie bars and between the pairs of plates. l

18. A drum for a washing machine comprising heads, enameled tie bars connecting the same, a pair 'of oppositely disposed enameled plates or' disks forming clothesreceiving chambers, an enameled partition member extending longitudinally of said drum, said partition member embracing the drum shaft,.and' retaining members secured to the shell to receive the outer edges ofthe partition members.

19. A casing for a washing machine comprising heads, a shell encircling and connecting said heads, a discharge port in said shell, a valve, toggle arms therefor, springs in said arms to retain said valve on its seat, and a t-readle to open said valve;

20. A washing machine comprising, in combination, a casing, a door thereln, a drum rotatable in the casing and provided with a plurality of longitudinalcompartment-s, a longitudinal-platform in one or more of the compartments adapted to deliver the contents of the compartment at the casing door.

. 21. ln a washing machine, the combination with a casing, of a drum having heads, tie bars connecting the heads, enameled plates or disks forming transverse partitions in the drum, and spacing rings within the tie bars and between the partitions.

22. In a washing machine, the combinav tion with a casing, of a drum having heads, tie bars connecting the heads, enameled plates or disks forming transverse partitions in the drum, spacing 'rings within the tie bars and between the partitions, and means between adjacent partitions to hold them in position against the spacing rings.

23. In a washing machine, the combination with a casing, of a drum having heads, end plates between the heads forming the ejnds of a clothes-receiving compartment, lifting bars extended between the end plates, perforated shell plates between the lifting bars, the end plates curving toward each other in a zone entirely within the lifting bars to form on eachend plate an annular deflecting surface to deflect the clothes away from the joints of the lifting bars, shell plates and end plates.

24. In a washing machine, the combination with a casing, of a drum having heads, tie bars connecting the` heads, enameled lates or disks forming transverse partitions 1n the drum, an enameled partition member extended longitudinally of the drum, and spacing rings within the tie bars and between the plates.

25. A drum for a washing machine comprising heads, tie bars connecting the heads,

lifting bars-secured to the tie bars, shell plates secured between the tie bar s and liftmg bars providlng water agitatlng means upon both the outer and inner walls of the drum-.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

`WILLIAM A. E. HENRICI.

1Witnesses:

.Louis SMITH,

BERTHA lF. HEUSER.

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